MailCall 0x0F: Mail from viewers like you!

[@tituslafrombois1164]

The foam insulation stuff in bags is a packing service offered by lots of shipping/packing stores. You wrap the empty plastic bag around the fragile item and then insert a hose, it fills the bag as a viscous foam that ideally forms around the item to ensure safety. Great for CRTs for obvious reasons. Kind of works like that orange spray foam in a can stuff, where it cures and firms up fairly quickly after spraying it into the bag.

[@davidcameron648]

You can get pre-filled ones where you pop a couple of bubbles filled with the foam and an activator. They use those for shipping prebuilt gaming PCs with heavy graphics cards and CPU coolers.

[@JCBudro16]

FYI those Thinkjet batteries are not sealed lead-acid and they will leak. That pack contains 6 cell batteries (I believe they might be NiCad) and the circuitry to recharge them, so opening it up and checking it would be a good idea. Mine had leaked but no damage had been done yet, thankfully.

[@thany3]

Even though your channel focuses on retro tech, can we expect a video about the new GPU server? It might also reach a broader audience which could be good for your channel.

[@megan_alnico]

That soft blue stuff in the white bag is denim. It's basically chopped up jeans. I tried hellofresh for a little while and all of their food came packed in that stuff. Eventually I stuffed a pillow with it.

[@LagrangePoint0]

Chopped used jeans?

[@megan_alnico]

@@LagrangePoint0 Well, I assume used, but yes shredded denim jeans.

[@bonerone9247]

@@megan_alnico That section of this video is being sent to a similar level of collector that specializes in denim jeans and now they're banging on their desk and putting holes in their walls like Donkey Kong.

[@Dwarg91]

That HP Windows CE laptop is definitely exemplifying HP’s modern nickname of Hinge Problems.

[@cmhenator]

The HP breadboard isn't so much "educational" as "prototyping" - remember that most of HP's pre-computer/printer business was about test and measurement. So obviously tools for prototyping would be in that category as well.

[@liamwatson5125]

And by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you. Thank you.

[@Heike--]

PBS is lavishly funded by your tax dollars and mega-rich private foundations and doesn't need any of your money. You're a fool to give anything to them. Especially with their woke political bias.

[@kenny13a]

I can not believe there is a place called "Punta Gorda". It is a shame you don't speak spanish, you are missing a lot of sexual jokes about that place.

[@hardlyworgen71]

The larger Commodore calculator could be the chest buttons for a craptasticly awesome Vader Halloween costume.

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Glad to you got the generic composite and RGB2HDMI adapter. Thanks for the shout-out. By the way, if you have a RGB2HDMI adapter, the video looks great and is best for capturing video :)

[@mikewifak]

Casio Loopy gave me Ashens flashbacks

[@R.Daneel]

Such cool stuff. I noticed the Commodore Logo is upside-down on the desk calculator, but I am SO envious of those!

[@robgeib1723]

Gateway boxes were the best. I did IT at a small MFG business and we were upgrading to PC's in the late 90's from an NCR Micro setup with dumb terminals. We used Gateway PC's and I loved when the new boxes came in.

[@poofygoof]

looks like your server motherboard potentially has a dedicated IPMI port on the network card (hence the extra cable). Very nice kit. The IPC bump from v1 (jaketown) to v2 (ivytown) should be a useful performance bump as well.

[@jamesedmiston]

David Lovett from Usagi Electric has a couple of those floppy drives.

[@ICanDoThatToo2]

The Jornada ain't all that, even the handheld ones have both PCMCIA and compact flash slots. The 680 actually expands when you put a PC card in.

[@Rodville]

HP made everything. If it's test gear or computer (including medical gear) HP makes it.

[@jscipione]

6:34 I have a CDC BR8B1A and it’s a 360k drive. The optocoupler track 0 sensor on them are all dead and there’s no easy replacement that the screw lines up with.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

The HP 5035T was something I used back in 2001-2002 while I was at the local community college taking electronics repair. It absolutely can be used as a teaching tool, and my professor used it quite a lot. I'm sure a hobbyist or even a professional could make some kind of use of it, but it just makes more sense to me as a teaching tool.

[@Vbeletronico]

Supermicro motherboards are incredibly well made. Congratulations! I used the HP Lab in my university days, on the digital logic laboratory. Good times.

[@dr3ifach]

I think I need some eggnog and hot cocoa, because this video felt like Christmas.

[@jeromethiel4323]

Micro fiche is a technology that should continue to be used. The Fiches last, can be read without much tech (a jewelers loup and a backlight will work, i think.) We have a lot of modern data, but it's stored on media that just doesn't last, or if it does have a reasonable lifespan for the storage media, requires machines to read with are HARD to make. I'm thinking CDR's, they actually hold up pretty well if stored properly. But optical media devices are just not really being made anymore. I've got a bunch, but they will eventually fail, and when they do all the CDR's i have will be useless.

[@CasualSpud]

That Apple IIc is giving me high school flashbacks

[@GenericSweetener]

I love how "That this is METAL?!" is everyone's first reaction to the IIc monitor stand. Say what you will about apple, but they know how to overbuild a monitor stand

[@danceswithdirt7197]

I immediately thought of the Pro stand that retails for $1k.

[@SudosFTW]

2225C is Parallel. 2225D is serial. Don't forget to replace all the IEC jacks on the few you have, apparently they go smoky and gooey with age inside.

[@ffalcoff]

Where's the link to Rudy's video?

[@TechTangents]

Oh man, good catch! I added it to the description.

[@nono-oz4gv]

what kinda warehouse do you have to have to store all of these relics of another time? lol

[@MatroxMillennium]

I love your reaction to the "disk storage system"

[@MrJakeTucker]

It takes courage to bring a handy new disk storage system to market;)

[@xmdrew]

Looks like the insulation they use for meal services like Blue Apron, Home Chef,.Factor, etc.

[@Iron_Condorr]

Growing up, we had this exact Boston acoustic 2.1 speaker system in this picture @ 28:21 These have incredible sound, the bass is very impressive from what i remember. Come to think of it, the Tower, monitor and keyboard look to be exactly what we had also. Was a gateway set and was our family PC, witch meant me and my brothers lol.

[@TheMegaross91]

Microfiche honestly isn't that weird. I remember being a night librarian for a time when I was a student, people still use microfiche in the archives regularly in academic libraries.

[@RacerX-]

Awesome! Love the thinkjets. Yep you need one more. hahaha. I also have the D. What revision is your D? Mine is an earlier one. The later revisions had an option to increase the print quality by making multiple passes that were offset, IIRC. My manual tells how to do it but my model and manual do not match as the manual is a later revision. I wonder if the ROM bins are available and able to be upgraded?

[@L-in-oleum]

Can confirm, thermal printers are Kayser's thing :)

[@RT-qd8yl]

The bots are out in full force even 8 minutes in

[@douro20]

I actually had a Magnetic Peripherals floppy drive similar to that one for a while but I don't know what happened to it. BTW I live about 25 miles from Derby.

[@branhicks]

My grandma still uses those same Boston speakers from her g6-350. They sound better than they should. There's another version my grandpa had that uses a digital signal. I thought that was interesting.

[@CraigLillie]

Neat video. But why is the Commodore logo facing the right way on the little calculator, and backwards on the bigger one? Just one of life's little mysteries I guess. :D

[@Metal_Maxine]

My guess - it's a desk calculator made for a Commodore sales agent, dealer or somebody similar for semi-permanent desk installation. The logo will be the right side up from the 'client' side of the desk. Some kind of subliminal advertising, perhaps, or just a "hey, we do calculators along with filing cabinets" reminder.

[@JackFrost-hf8pf]

Hi Shelby, it's Kevin. Just a couple of things about the X9DRH I sent you: 1. For the v2 Xeon's you need BIOS v3.00 or newer (motherboard should have it due to being manufactured in 2018). 2. So if you install the v2's and you get a blank screen, you will need to install the Sandy Bridge Xeon's you have and flash the to latest BIOS. 3. I ordered a couple of Supermicro Heatsinks from eBay shipped directly to you. Part# SNK-P0050AP4. These come with the narrow ILMs and are the correct heatsinks for this motherboard. 4. I believe this motherboard is either new or openbox, so it hasn't been tested yet. Thanks!

[@LagrangePoint0]

Is the Xeon 2690 good enough for modern gaming?

[@KittyKatKya]

@@LagrangePoint0 Regardless of whether you mean the 2690 Shelby already had or the 2690 v2s sent in this video, you/someone would be FAR better served by even mid-lower end consumer grade CPUs from the several generations from Intel or AMD. Even today, games are rarely going to be making use of more than a few cores at any given time so the multitude of extra cores (8c16t for the "v1", 10c20t for v2) will go mostly unused. Even ignoring that, the architecture these are built on (Sandy and Ivy Bridge respectively) is 12+ years old at this point and are going to have horrid IPC (how much they can do in terms of "doing work"/intelligently or efficiently doing work) versus current offerings, as well as not being able to clock super high and while sucking back loads of power to do so. Aside from having the bits laying around and geeeenerally not caring about how much power you're burning, even for the sorts of tasks these would have been used for when they were still current, keeping them in service for actual day to day usage is really hard to justify; At least aside from the always present "I just think they're neat" factor. I say this as someone typing on a 3770k (consumer Ivy) system, with a dual 2667v2 workstation to toy around with in the attic.

[@LagrangePoint0]

@@KittyKatKya Coincidentally I'm also using an 3770 (non-k), I was wondering how much performance I would gain by going from this cpu to a 2690 v4. I use photoshop quite often (sometimes while running a virtual machine), from time to time I do video editing and use handbrake.

[@TylerMcVicker1]

That Apple II E is amazing

[@HrLBolle]

didn't expect a "Mikrofiche" to make an appearance

[@FoxerTails]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but I do believe there's an electronic buzz/hum coming from one of the mics.

[@TechTangents]

Oh yeah, I meant to say somewhere this video was the final straw and it the last time those mics will be used. I now have a new replacement to prevent that in the future.

[@nickwallette6201]

@@TechTangents Hopefully the new ones have a little more in the mids, too. The audio from these sounds like somebody got a little too handsy with the EQ and put it in full-on smiley-face. That's fine if you want to throw a party, not so great for speech.

[@michaelwood9866]

just watched adrians digital basement earlier today and he was working on 3 atari 810 floppy drives just like that one

[@matthewgregory395]

New Server build?

[@jNetDowling]

16:30 - should call it the Calcu-Vader

[@Danny-wv8ec]

I just love how the Apple 2C looks, it’s beautifully designed.

[@anom5389]

I totally agree, just had a nostalgia blast seeing that Gateway box. Man they gotta bring back that packaging whoever thought of that in marketing is S-tier.

[@richardkelsch3640]

Now you know why the first Commodore PETs had calculator style keyboards.

[@gregsmith9183]

Those Boston speakers sound really good for there size. I currently have a set of BA735 setup on my spare computer that I use for emulation. These are basically the digital only version of these speakers which use a coaxial digital input. Where as the BA745 are analogue and have two inputs on the speakers. One 3.5mm green for connection to speaker output on PC and one 3.5mm pink input for microphone passthrough to PC.

[@fontenbleau]

audio is bad, kinda overprocessed by noise cancelling? It makes kinda annoying effect, semi-bathroom.

[@DennisK.-wr7jo]

Dude, that 5,25" CDC drive looks exactly like one of the drives @Usagi Electric needs for his EDS data Terminal!

[@jeromethiel4323]

I've got an Apple 2c, but for the life of me i cannot remember if it has a floppy drive, and if it does, what size. I want to say it does, but it is a 3.5" floppy. But i'd have to go and dig it out of storage to check, and i can't be bothered at the moment! I have used it, but that was many MANY years ago, i don't know if it even still works. The problem is i keep moving, and it's so much work to unpack everything. But i think the house i am in is going to be the one i die in. So i will get around to unpacking at some point! ^-^

[@wesley00042]

The Atari 810 uses single-sided mechanisms from both Tandon and MPI.

[@jamesdecross1035]

Oooh… 5-1/4" CDC floppy drive. I've just picked up one of those, boxed. Nice.

[@pinkmouse4863]

I'd reach out to Curious Marc if I were you, he probably has full manuals and service info for that HP breadboard. ;-)

[@richardthunderbay8364]

I really enjoyed this video. I always love seeing that old tech.

[@digitaltos2696]

Haven't written a DVD in more than a decade, but each time I see some new, blank media, my brain goes "ooh goodie, some extra space, this will come in handy!"

[@ajslim79]

YEAH .. a new video

[@DouglasRRenoVideoGameReviews]

Good afternoon! I've got some experience writing new software for Windows CE from upgrading industrial factory systems a few years ago, if you need any software written for the HP Jornada please feel free to reach out!

[@bradyelich2745]

I live in Saskatoon, but I have 20 pc's and and a crate of cd games. You should come up here and get them. I could sell them, but what good is that?

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

Ah, used to use run one of those X9's in my main server, I've since jumped up a generation for better power consumption (and more cores ;) ) :)

[@messyfool]

No offence brotha but your the last person I think about when it comes to mail calls for OF.

[@silliza]

Dear Shelby, thanks a lot for your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@JJGhostHunters]

Hi...I have a Kaypro 4...Please do more videos on the Kaypro!

[@wimwiddershins]

The C= logo on the Vader calculator is backwards. 🙃

[@SteveChisnall]

only way that Apple IIc could be any better is if it had the LCD display

[@thcoura]

23:43 I don't see a ring in his hand. I'm wondering if Kaser have a Channel, Instagram..

[@jimiphillips1170]

Haha! Came for the Shelby, stayed for the Kayser

[@ThePretendCarrot-]

I have a weird device that has an Isa slot mounted to a power supply any ideas what that could be?

[@netheritecraftondrugs5126]

I have a pc with a vanta 8 i didnt know it had a vanta 8 untill i looked at the back and saw it had a video card and i was like “is that a video card?” And pulled it out to see what it was and i was like “its a vanta 8!”

[@thejackofclubs]

yay im on the printout :)

[@TrialMacameau]

Are we expecting another Server Upgrade Video ? :P

[@andresbravo2003]

When we are ready, it’s fan Mail time!

[@bentbilliard]

Why was the knife the wrong way round? Also, soooo jealous of the Apple Iic. I love these. My favourite of all the Apple Computers ever made.

[@TechTangents]

It's two sided, one side is an exposed blade while the other is a hook like a safety knife. I can cut the tape over the folded flaps on the ends with the normal blade but then use the hook to not have the knife protrude into the box and possibly damage the item.

[@I_am_Allan]

Bloody hell! The microfiche slapped me back to the late 1980s, looking at newspapers for school projects. 👴🏼

[@treypop123]

Am I the only one that can hear a buzzing when he talks?

[@Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P]

super micro are good i still use a super c2sbc-q for retro fun

[@jfwfreo]

What, HP made a printer that isn't junk...

[@VariXx]

Those bahston speakers are wicked nice

[@freednighthawk]

I was a Katzkin leather upholstery installer for many a year, and for some reason, they designed their boxes to look EXACTLY like the Gateway box, with the exception of the text.

[@user-nd8zh3ir7v]

wow you get some awesome mail, great vid!

[@RetroTechy]

Great mail call video! Rudy's Retro Intel is a great guy and has an amazing channel!

[@theinsuranceguy101]

Great Mail!!

[@transistorbaluba]

micro-film.. oh those memories

[@AcornElectron]

16:13 that’s nice.❤

[@thecorruptedbit5585]

Watch out for the Chinese Spy Chips on the Supermicro! My dad ended up locating it on his Supermicro and it was smaller than a grain of rice

[@USSMariner]

Nice meme